The Kwara state Polytechnic , Ilorin , has signed Memoranda of Understanding with three indigenous industrial companies to promote skill acquisition and make students at the polytechnic acquire practical skills that will make them become self -sufficient and employers of labour after leaving the institution.
One of the three companies; Prototype Engineering Development Institute, Ilesha, Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi and Mantrac CAT, Ikeja, Lagos will also teach students at the polytechnic how to operate and maintain heavy equipment used in the oil sector, marine sector, among others.
The Rector, Engineer Abdul Jimoh Mohammed, who disclosed this during the press conference he presided over at the Conference Hall of the polytechnic on Tuesday, said necessary steps had also been taken with regard to addressing the menace of encroachment on the land belonging to the institution.
The press conference which was attended by Team@orientactualmags.com was a part of a series of activities for the institution’s 28th convocation ceremony.
Engineer Abdul Jimoh Mohammed lamented that 41 per cent of the land belonging to the polytechnic had recorded encroachment.
‘The Polytechnic is currently occupying 6% of its land mass. 41% of the entire land mass has been encroached in such a way that it has enveloped the 6%.
The remaining 53% is not accessible because the Polytechnic will have to pass through the encroached portion before it can access the virgin land’ he said.
Counter steps had according to him been taken by locating some projects in areas considered prone to encroachment .
He added that the institution was also collaborating with the Ministry of Tertiary Education to tackle encroachment noting that a committee had since been set up for this purpose by the state government.
The Rector also said necessary steps had been taken to enforce discipline at the institution adding that eight among the staff were sacked for getting involved in certificate racketeering, while some were demoted as a result of committing one offence or the other.
Kwarapoly , he noted, offers 56 courses across disciplines including Nutrition Science, Library Science
Mechatronics and Food Science and Technology that were recently added.
The Rector also disclosed that 62 among the 7, 781 graduating students , got distinction in the HND category while 56 students had distinction in the OND category.
Evangelist James Ogunlakin, who attended the press conference , submitted that the Alumni association of the institution had also taken steps to support the efforts of the polytechnic to tackle encroachment.
Ogunlakin , who is the Vice President of the Alumni association, noted that such steps will yield positive results before the end of year- Team@orientactualmags.com
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